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In the records ol St. Thomas hos
rltal, London, i* an entry ot the year
1570, to the effect that "In consideration
of tire hote tyme of the yere,” the poor
be allowed “every 6n® n daye three
pyntts of Bere fore two months"—a
quart at dinner and a pint at supper—
and at the end of two months return
1C "there olde ordinary allowance
wyehe Is one quarte.” The food at this
ancient workhouse was to be dealt with
as liberally as the drink. The almoner
and steward were to "bye no byffe but
of the best, without bones and In spe
cial without the marybon, and none
other to be bowght."_
In China and Its dependencies, with
a population of 400,000.000. or 25 per
cent, of the total population of the
•■world, rice Is the principle food sup
ply. The same may be said also of
India, with Its population of 275,000,000,
and Japan, with Its population of 40,
000,000. In addition to these, It Is a
chief article of diet with other peoples
of Asia and Africa, whose population is
••timated at 100,000,000. The total
reaches 815,000,000, or 50 per cent, of the
total population of the earth.
Many and curious are the legends of
the kingfisher. One of these Is to the
effect that the bird was originally a
plain gray In color, but upon being let
loose from the ark flew toward the
netting sun and had Its back stained
Iblue by the sky and Its lower plumage
■scorched by the sun to gorgeous hues, j
iThe dried body of the kingllsher was |
once used as charm against thunder- 1
'bolts and months and It was hung up
ibo that It might point with Its bill to
Ithe wind's quarter.
The British empire has aixty-flve leg
islative bodies. In 1303 they passed
a*>uut 1,900 acts and ordinances. The
State legislatures of the United States
to that year enacted more than 14,000
Jaws and resolutions, of which more
than 5,400 were general nnd the re
mainder were local or private. In
America It Is not always the most pop
ulous state that needs, or seems to
need, the most legislation. In 1903
North Carolina led with 1,200 enact
ments.
A college professor, who last year
spent his vacation on a farm, wrote
this season to the owner, saying:
“'There are several little matters that I
desire changed should I decide to pass
my holidays at your house. We don’t
like the maid Mary; moreover, we do
not think a pigpen so near the house Is
sanitary.” The farmer replied: "Mary
is went and we haven’t bad no hogs
Since you went away last August."
The German colonial department has
officially announced that emigration to
German Southwest Africa, for settle
ment purposes, can not be encouraged
at present. The efforts of the emigrant,
“'however strenuous, would be paralyz
ed by the fact that the railways and
other means of communication will for
some time continue to be monopolized
by the military authorities."
Albert Corman, a London bookmaker,
Its charged with attempting to obtain
[money by a trick from Harry Cava
inagh, another bookmaker. He band
ied Cavanagh a paper with Instructions
ito back certain horses for forthcoming
faces, and by means of chemical Ink
he original Inscription vanished and
lanother appeared, backing horses for
IraceB already won.
Old Donald Mackintosh was ill. The
minister was with him. He listened
with patience to the latter's exhorta
tions, but at length put a question:
•'Will there be whisky in heaven?”
"Certainly not,” the minister replied,
"I am surprised that you should ask
such a question. "Weel, sir, it’s no that
I care for't myself, but It looks weel
on the table.”
i It Is calculated that only a two-thou
*and-mllionth part of the bent emitted
by the sun is caught by the earth,
whose coal supply power Is relatively
so Infinitesimal that If every bit of coal
In the world were cast Into one great
bonfire and Instantaneously burnt It
would not generate as much heat as tho
■un produces each tenth of a second.
Traveling on me Argentine pampas is
Interesting If not entirely comfortable.
Men there are scarce, but horses are
plentiful. Often sixty horses are driven
In the same team. The driver Is perch
ed thirty feet from the ground. The
wagons are sometimes fifty feet long
and fifteen wide, while the back wheels
are fourteen feet or so high.
Newspapers are beginning to flour
ish In Italy. The first In circulation
and enterprise Is the Evening Courier,
of Milan, with 120,000 circulation and
an equipment of American Hoe presses.
The Tribuna, of Rome, Is next In cir
culation and Influence, with an output
of 100,000 copies dally,_
| Although Spain is on the gold basis,
gold Is never seen there, the silver
peseta, being worth only about 15 cents,
i while the gold- one is worth nearly 20.
| The silver and paper currency is ever
changing, varying from 126 to 139 for
100 gold pesetas during the last year.
Hundreds of roach and jack have
been found floating helpless or lifeless
In the River Stort, at Bishop's Stort
| ford, England, and it Is believed - that
i the fish have been poisoned by dlsln
$ fectants used In the street gullies and
the exudations from motor cars.
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The death Is announced of Lleuten
1s ant General Ivan Georglvltch Macdon
old, of the Russian army, at Warsaw,
"The deceased," remarks the Novoe
f Vremya, "belonged to a Scotch fumlly
which may explain his tireless energy
enterprise and love of work.”
A single bank in Naples receives hall
f a million dollars a year sent- out ol
a the United States by temporary Itallar
resldcnts. The same bank has receive*
from Italians in Argentina and Brazl
$828,000 and $425,000, respectively, ii
one year. _
■I It was stated the other day In a Lon
8 don police court, In the case of a mai
charged with stealing an army cap
;J tain’s gold laced shoulder straps, tha
their intrinsic value was 8 cents, al
| though they are sold for $3.75.
Many of the firms which crossed Sai
Francisco bay after the lire and estab
lished themselves In Oakland, thereb;
I raising metropolitan hopes In th<
bosom of San Francisco's Brooklyn, ai
returning to their old stands. ,
Belgum will soon send a mission ti
Abyssinia In order to negotiate a treat;
of commerce. The envoy will carry a
presents to Emperor Menelik arms an*
ammunition of Belgian make, variou
ecents and a silver tollef set.
At Willlngsdale L-oe. t>-sex, England
two churches stand In one churchyard
4$tds unique position was brought abou
many years ago by a quarrel betweet
two sisters, each of whom presents*
tha parish with a ciiurch.
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TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
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St. Paul, Minn.—Kermit Roosevelt
escaped unseratched In a wreck of the
North Const Limited at Berea, N. D„
while en route from a hunting trip in
the Black Hills to Washington. A
split switch caused the wreck and
caused the derailment of five coaches,
but none of the passengers were seri
ously injured. Young Roosevelt at
once wired his father that he was safe.
Kermit and his young friend, John
Heard, took an automobile ride around
the city In the afternoon, proceeding
on their journey In the evening.
Honolulu—The Manchuria remains
on the reef where she struck. Anchors
are being put out to prevent her from
drifting farther toward the shore. The
revenue cutter Manning Is the only
vessel now tugging at the big steamer.
The cableship Restorer, which has very
powerful engines, lias gone to the
scene and will render all the assist
ance possible. It is believed that she
cannot be floated before the arrival
of assistance from the Pacific coast, if
ever.
San Francisco, Cal.—A teller in the
Bank of Commerce by mistake gave a
$r,,000 bank note instead of one for
$500, which a check presented called
for. Every bank in the state has been
notified of the error as have also the
police of the cities, and a diligent
search Is being made for the unlawful
bolder of the note of the large denom
ination. The number is known and
when it is presented for deposit or ex
change it can readily be identified.
London—The assurance is made that
there Is nothing to Justify the reported
anxiety in Canada that a settlement
•>f the boundary and fisheries questions
between the United States and Great
Britain is being arrived at without
consultation with representatives of
other powers than Great Britain with
Canada. The negotiations are being
conducted at Washington between
Ambassador Durand and the depart
ment of state.
Portland, Me.—The republican cam
paign in the First congressional dis
trict was formally opened here with
a rally at which Senator Albert J.
Beveridge, of Indiana, was the speak
er. Senator Beveridge discussed na
tional affairs and urged that congress
men and senators be elected who will
aid I'resident Roosevelt to purify Amer
lean business and support ills policy
of increasing the prosperity of the
country.
Calhoun, La.—Alfred Schnufnit, a
negro, was lynched tor attempting an
assault on Miss Olive Chambers, a
white woman. The woman's screams
frightened him away. The negro con
fessed his guilt and was hanged to a
telegraph pole, the following notice
being tacked to his body: "This Is a
warning to all negroes who would at
tempt to force an entrance to the
apartments of white women.
Talequah, I. T.—The Ketawah soci
ety of Cherokee full bloods has ad
journed after a four days' meeting near
here, with a decision to let the politics
3f the white men alone. Orators open
ly declared against the Indian taking
an active part In the politics of the
new state and pledges were secured
from 1,000 full bloods, who promised
•lot to vote at all. About 3,000 Indians
attended the meeting.
New York—M. J. Sage & Co., broit
*rs. 1 Montgomery street, Jersey City,
mil r>7 Wall street, this city, at the
-lose of business hours Wednesday
posted a notice at their Jersey City
pfTlce informing their correspondents
:hat they had discontinued business.
The firm has branch offices in a num
per of cities. The amount involved
IS said to be large, but no figures are
given.
Berlin—The Lokal Anzeiger an
nounces the arrest of a man who de
scribed himself as "Baron Santos von
Dobroabskl-Donni rsmaik,’ but who is
said to be a metal worker named Kon
rad. who married an American girl of
good family in Manila May 4 last. The
man is charged with having deserted
Ills wife in Parts, taking with him her
jewelry valued at $8,000.
Manila—A general movement of
1,000 troops and 300 constabulary
throughout the Infected regions Is
planned, hundreds of natives volun
teering thCtr assistance in the effort
to break up the bands of Pulajanes.
A part of the province of Leyte, south
of Buyog bay, has been cleared.
St. Petersburg—The health of the
shall of Persia, according to competent
, advices received here from Teheran, is
1 he subject of the gravest alarm. The
Persian ruler was greatly enfeebled by
the recent apopletctie stroke he suf
fered. and late events have aggravated
his malady.
Berlin—A sharp earthquake shock
| was felt today at Zaborze, near Kat
| towitz. Upper Silesia. Doors were
forced open, pictures and mirrors fell
I to the floor and the frightened inhabi
tants fled into the streets. The walls
of a number of houses were cracked.
Detroit, Mich.—At the final session
of tile convention of the National As
sociation of Postmasters of the Second
and Third Class, William Noble, Okla
homa, was elected president and Han
nibal A. Hopkins, of St. Clair, Mich.
I secretary and treasurer.
New Haven, Conn.—The appointment
for the coming year at Yale university
of Professor C. Wonnerlln. of the Uni
versity of Berlin, as lecturer during the
last two weeks of October on "Record
Developments of German Thought" has
been announced.
Shreveport, La.—L. M. and J. .1
Dendy, father and son, were arrested
on the charge of violating the peonage
laws by keeping negroes in servitude
Eleven peonage cases have so far beer
tiled In the district federal court,
' Riga—The evening newspapers ot
this city publish, with the governor’!
sanction, an appeal for subscriptions
for the purchase of breastplates foi
the protection of policemen against
revolutionary attack.
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Detroit. Mich.—One woman was
killed and five were shocked in at
electrical storm which swept Michigan
Crops were ruined and many house:
end telegraph and telephone wire!
i damaged.
1 : San Francisco, Cal.—The Rhine ant
! Mozell Insurance company has sur
rendered Us license to do business it,
I California, and announced its with
I drawnl from business in the state.
New York—Flames starting timing',
: the floor of a trolley car caused ;
I panic among the passengers and it
see'Cng escape through the window!
I twenty were more or less injured.
Fort Riley. Kan.—The two battalion;
of the South Dakota national guard
1 commanded by Major E. J. Aldrich, lef
i for home. Each had completed a ful
lj week's work at the ctoip.
PIGSKIN BOOMERS !
LOOKING AHEAD
Great Enthusiasm for College
Game at the Nebraska
State Capital.
NEW RULES WON’T HURT
Game Will Retain Much of Its Old
Time Popularity, Enthusiasts De
clare—First Game Sep
tember 29.
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 29.—The football
season will stnrt at the university of
Nebraska immediately after the state
fair and from then until the close of
the season Thanksgiving day the
knights of the pigskin will demand the
enthusiasm of the sports who have so
loyally supported baseball for the past
four months. The season will not be
well under way before baseball is out of
the running.
Despite the fact that a new code of
rules Is in force the supporters of foot
ball believe that the game will re
tain much <rf its old time popularity.
Coach Foster, the former Dartmouth i
star, Is expected to arrive in the city
September 7, and Manager Eager is al
ready in correspondence with aspirants
for positions on the team, for the pur
pose of getting them out as early as
possible in order that the team may
present a respectable appearance in the
first game of the season, September 29,
with Grand Island college.
No training camp will be held this
year, and on account of the very ma
terial fact that the athletic board has
no money to spend on the repetition of
what proved a very doubtful experi
ment last year. No training table will
be maintained either, and it is desired
to get the men at work as early as pos
sible in order that they may adjust
themselves to the changed conditions
before the hard games of the schedule
come on.
LAND NOTORIOUS CRACKSMEN.
Henry Steele, Postoffice Robber, Cap
tured Near Wayne, Neb.
Wayne, Neb., Aug. 29.—Through the
efforts of two of Wayne's citizens, Hen
ry Steele, alias Jack White, a noted
postoffice robber who has robbed a
number of postoffices in Missouri and
elsewhere, one of his last acts being
the blowing open of a safe and the
robbing of the postoffice at Barnard,
Mo., the postoffice building being de
stroyed by fire as a result of the ex
plosion, was located at the farm of E.
T. Rennick, ten miles southeast of
Wayne, where he had been working
for a number of weeks. Steele had been
In Jail before, but had broken out and
escaped by knocking the jailer sense
less as the latter was handing him his i
meal.
Authorities were notified and Satur- '
day morning United States Deputy
Marshal Haskell and United States De
tective Weaver arrived from St. Joseph,
Mo., and before evening had effected
the capture of Steele, who Is said to
be a desperate character, and who had
sworn that he would never be taken
alive. When ordered to throw up hts
hands, being surprised, he did so and
was at once taken Into custody. The
officers left with their prisoner on the
eveninjr train.
KENNEDY NAMED.
Second District Congressman Has No
Opposition for Renomination.
Omaha, Nob., Aug. 23.—Unanimously ,
and within ton minutes after it was
called to order, the Second district re- |
publican convention renominated Con
gressman John L. Kennedy for a sec
ond term. He had no opposition. His
record in congress has been very cred
itable.
PLACED TIE ON TRACK.
Broken Bow, Nob., Aug. 29.—Towner
Wachter, the 17-year-old boy who
placed a tie on the track of the Union
Pacific road last Saturday near Lomax
and came near wrecking a train, was
brought to this city Friday night from
Oconto. Wachter was driving a water
wagon for the Brown thresher and
asked leave to till the cart from the
railroad tank at Lomax, which was re
fused. It is supposed he placed the
tie on the track out of revenge. Judge
Humphrey bound him over for a hear
ing next month.
CONGRATULATE MR. WILLIAMS.
Pierce, Neb., Aug. 29.—A large crowd
of the friends of Judge J. A. Williams
assembled down town Saturday night
and, being preceded by the Pierce cor
net band, marched to the judge’s resi
dence, In the west "art of town, and
congratulated him upon his nomina
tion to the office of railway commis
sioner on the republican ticket. The
judge was not expecting visitors, and
of course was completely taken by sur
prise. W. W. Quivey in a few well
chosen words told for what reason thf
friends had assembled, and said that
Pierce and Pierce county hud beer
honored by the selection of Judge Wil
liams to the office, and that in return
for this favor the voters of the county
would give him a good, rousing major
ity. In response Judge Williams thanked
the company for Its friendly and
neighborly feeling and assured the
them that he appreciated this kindness
| While the office came to him un
1 sought, yet if elected he would stand
fur a square deal between the corpo
rations and the people. His remarks
were few and to the point, although de
void of partisanship. After a few se
lections by the band the judge shook
hands with all present, many of whorr
j did not fail to wish him success at thf
polls next November.
BUILDING BIG DAM.
Tckamah, Neb., Aug. 29.—J. Glasson
if the electric light and mill plant here
s building a large dam across Teka
| .nail creek near his mill and expects
' :o run both plants by water. The larg
est dredge, "Marlon Maid,” is being
Moved this week to one of the spurs
•vhicli it will dig. No. 2 lias also been
Moved, but/it is to widen Mud creel*
lorth of this city, which overflows anu
‘ ioes so much damage every year.
! WOMAN ATTEMPTS.SUICIDE.
Gehuyl* r, Neb., Aug. 29.—Mrs. Vi*
tor Kasper attempted suicide Wednes
day with a butcher knife. Neighbors
saw the act and caught her befort
vouch damage was done, although sin
> ut a few gashes in her head am
arms, but none seriously. Officials wen
j *t once notified and she was taker
’ , .ire of till today, when she was tak
>u to the asylum at Norfolk. Her hus
band was one of the victims burner
t r me asylum at X. rfjli; some year*
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SPOIL BUNCO GAME.
Officers Arrest Three Youths in Act of
Robbing Old Man.
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 27.—Nipped in the
very act of ‘'buncoing” an Oklahoma
farmer out of $150 on the old, reliable
“check game,” three young men now
occupy cells in the city jail with most
serious prospects.
Officers Sines and Schmitt, plain
clothes men, were wandering about the
Burlington depot yeste-day, watching
the crowds for signs of evil doers. They
took notice of three young men, "spot
ting” them at once for confidence work
ers. As they watched they saw them
work their game upon Enos Hackman,
an old gentleman who had just alighted
from a train.
On being arrested they tried to give
hack the money they had obtained,
but their willingness did not result in !
freedom. The men gave the names of
Charles Dailey, William Palmer and
Charles Owens.
HOTEL MEN ADJOURN.
Bonifaces Elect Officers and Choose
Des Moines for Next Meeting Place.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 27.—The fourth
snnual convention of the Northwestern
Hotel Men's association concluded its
meeting yesterday. Des Moines, la.,
was chosen as the place of meeting in
1907 and officers were elected for the
ensuing year. Among those elected
were Oeorge H. Christian, of Des
Moines, la., president; B. M. Johnson,
of Mitchell, S. D. secretary-treasurer.
Five vice presluents were also elected,
one from each of the states repre
sented
Twenty-five new members were
added to the membership at this meet
ing bringing the membership up to
over 150.
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EX-SENATOR’S DAUGHTER WEDS
Miss Willa Allen Marries Clay Center
School Teacher.
Norfolk, Aug. 27.—Miss Willa C. Al
ien, daughter of former United States
Senator William V. Allen, was married
yesterday in the family home at Madi
son, to William C. Dowling, superin
tendent of schools at Clay Center.
Miss Alien w-as a member of the Pi
Beta Phi Sorority at Nebraska univer- I
stty.
GRAND JURY AT NORFOLK.
Asylum Scandal Will Be Probed Thor- ‘
oughly.
Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 27.—Dr. Alden '
superintendent of the insane .asylum 1
here, has filed an answer to the quo i
warranto proceedings instituted by (
Governor Mickey to oust him from the
institution. The doctor claims that the
board of public lands and buildings
practically approved of his administra- <
tion and asks that he be retained as j
superintendent. |
Judge Boyd has announced that he
will call a grand jury today to inves- ,
tigate the charges against the attend
ants at the asylum. Practically all of i
these men have left the institution, but
the county attorney says he can pro- ,
duce them when wanted.
MEETS DEATH IN WYOMING.
Norfolk Youth Run Over by Train at
Cheyenne.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Aug. 27.—C. R. Wil- |
liams, aged 23 years, employed as a
painter in the Union Pacific shops here
while attempting to steal a ride tc i
Laramie, in company with two other i
boys, fell from a car. the wheels pass
ing over his left leg at the thigh. He ,
died about 7 o'clock yesterday morning
from loss of blood. His home was in
Norfolk, Neb. Before dying he wrote
a letter to his mother in which he
told her of the accident and his ap
proaching death and begged the men
standing round to kill him and put him
out of pain.
HOPEWELL WELCOMED HOME.
Neighbors and Friends Congratulate
Him on Nomination.
Tc-kamah. Neb.. Aug. 27.—Hon. Mel
ville R. Hopewell, republican nominee
for lieutenant governor, on his arrival
here last evening from Lincoln was met
at the depot by over 500 of his fellow
townsmen with a band and carriages,
who escorted him to his home, wrhere he
received congratulations from his
friends on the honor conferred upon
him at the state convention.
JOLLIES THE PENCIL MEN ,
Bryan Accepts Invitation to Banquet
by Newspaper Writers.
New York, Aug. 27.—At a meeting
of the executive committee which has
charge of the reception to William J.
Bryan, it was announced that Harry
W. Walker, chairman of the press
committee, had received a letter from
Mr. Bryan, mailed before he sailed
from Gibraltar, accepting all invita
tion to dine with the newspaper men
at the Waldorf-Astoria on the even
ing of Saturday, September 1. In his
letter Mr Bryan said: "Shall be de
lighted to meet the boys of the press.
I have not found any better newspa
per men anywhere than our own.”
Lewis Nixon gave the program as
at present arranged for the 30th. Mr.
Bryan is to land at 4 o'clock p. m. at
the Battery, where he will be met by
a small subcommittee and welcomed
by Acting Mayor McGowan. Headed
by a small police escort, Mr. Bryan
will be driven up Broadway to Fiftieth
street, thence to Fiftli avenue and
south to the Victoria hotel. In the
first carriage with Mr. Bryan will be
Acting Mavor McGowan, Governor
Folk of Missouri and William Hoge,
president of the Commercial Travelers'
Anti-Trust league, which started the
movement for the reception.
At the hotel Mr. Bryan will be re
ceived by a delegation from the re
ception committee consisting of five
members from each state. At 7:45
o'clock Mr. Bryan will be escorted to
the Garden, and the meeting will be
gin at 8 o'clock. After the meeting in- i
side Mr. Bryan will address an over
flow meeting in Madison Square.
60V. harrkTpoisoned.
Ohio's Chief Executive Came in Con
tact With Poison Ivy at
Maneuver Grounds.
Columbus. O.. Aug. 27—Governoi
Harris is suffering from a severe al- |
tack of ivy poisoning, the result, he
declares, of his visit to the maneuver i
grounds in Tuscarawas county.
| ACTORS SHAKER UP.
Three Companies Are in a Wreck, but
Escape—Engineer Is
Killed.
St. Thomas. Ontario, Aug. 27.—A ]
Wabash special train carrying three
theatrical companies to Chicago and
Detroit and a Canadian Pacific regular
passenger train from Toronto collided
at the crossing east of the city today.
Engineer McKay was killed and two j
other trainmen seriously hurt. None
| of the passengers was injured. |
Reform Leader Named for
United States Senator
Over Rosewater.
3HELDON FOR GOVERNOR
2ass County Farmer Heads the State
Ticket—Junkin for Secretary of
State and Thompson for
Attorney General.
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h THE TICKET. 4
h f
h For United States Senator— 4
h Norris Brown, of Buffalo county. 4
h For Governor—Geo. L. Shei- 4
h don, of Cass county. 4
h For Lieutenant Governor— 4
h Melville R. Hopewell, of Burt. 4
h For Railroad Commissioners— 4
h Hudson J. Winnett of Lancas- 4
h ter, Robert Cowell of Douglas, 4
h and J. A. Williams, of Pierce. 4
h For Secretary of State—Geo. 4
► C. Junkin, of Cosper. 4
► For Auditor—Edward M. 4
► Searle, jr., of Keith. 4
h For State Treasurer—Law- 4
h son J. Brian, of Boone. 4
h For Attorney General—-Wil- 4
h liam T. Tnompson, of Merrick. 4
h For Superintendent of Public 4
h Instruction—Jasper L. McBrien, 4
h of Johnson. 4
h For Commissioner of Public 4
h Lands and Buildings—Henry M. 4
h Eaton, of Dodge. 4
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Lincoin, Neb., Aug. 24.—Breaking
tway from the former party leaders,
Nebraska republicans Wednesday de
clared in favor of new chieftains and
principles which are in some respects
i. radical departure from past party
leclarations in that they demand a
tew deal in the levying of railroad
axes and for railroad regulation, and
tommit the party to the direct primary
nethod of nominating officers.
Norris Brown was indorsed on the
ilxth ballot for United States senator.
Che battle was clean cut, the balloting
[bounding in dramatic incidents.
George L. Sheldon, of Nehawka,
icored a success rivaling that of Brown,
de was named for governor on the
lecond ballot. His first vote was 400
ind his second more than GOO. Ho is
icarcely 34 years of age.
Brown Gained Steadily.
Brown expected victory on the first
lallot. He scored 401, while Rosewater
jot 273V4; Millard got 46M>, with the
•est of the candidates scattering. From
;he first the battle was between Brown
tnd Rosewater. None of the other
’.andidates was in the race with any
prospect of success at any time.
Brown came to 406 on the second
pallet, with Rosewater at 288. On the
third Brown had 400 and Rosewater
288 Vi - On the fourth ballot Brown
scored 405, while Rosewater got 3001A.
rhe fifth ballot showed Brown 407
tnd Rosewater 306Vi. On the sixth
.lost-water held his Vote, while Brown
scored 433, 429 being a majority.
Nemaha county threw nine votes to
Brown at a critical moment in the
sixth ballot. This county is the home
pf T. J. Majors. Rosewater bolted the
nomination of Majors in 1894 and de
feated him for the governorship. 31a
|ors returned the compliment. A
few more ballots would have driven
the North Platte strength to Rosewa
ter.
Rosewater’s Pathetic Speech.
Editor Rosewater’s speech, follow
ing the address of Brown, who urged
harmony, was dramatic in the ex
treme. For years he has been a candi
date for the senatorship. He remind
ed the convention that he would have
to bid farewell to all aspirations for
m office at Washington and return to
his office at Omaha. He said he would
never demur to the verdict of a're
publican convention honestly expressed,
tind said he would support the entire
ticket "if it is a clean one."
Lifelong enemies of Rosewater
cheered his speech with tears in their
eyes. From a defeated candidate he
was changed into an aged martyr, sac
rificed to the energy of youth.
Rouse, Weston, Wall, Conaway and
Steele were not supported except by
scattered followings. The Sheldon vic
tory was sweeping.
V/Uiivoimuii ukkau,
The convention was called to order
by Chairman Warner, of the state cen
tral committee. The big auditorium
was crowded to the doors, the demand
for tickets of admission being many
times the seating capacity of the hall.
Chairman Warner introduced W. E.
Andrews, of Hastings, first auditor of
the treasury at Washington, as tem
porary chairman, and Mr. Andrews ad
dressed tne convention as follows:
“What duty rests upon the republi
can party with special force at this
time? To what specific purpose should
it direct Its attention and efforts with
rigid determination and intelligent ac
tion?
"From a party standpoint there i3
but one answer: The emphatic indorse
ment of our national administration.
This issue carries with it all that Is in
volved in state and local matters. How
can we suitably express that indorse
ment? By returning to congress a de
cisive republican majority for the next
house of representatives. Actuated by
the highest motives and with a realiz
ing sense that the eyes of the nation
were upon them, the republican sena
tors and representatives of the present
congress met their responsibilities with
courage and fidelity and the net results
of the first session of the Fifty-ninth
congress is the record upon which the
republican party stands in this cam
paign. The decided legislative views
and '-'licies of the president, in whom
the people have unprecedented confi
dence, led the way in the solution of
grave problems. Through all the days
of doubt and uncertainty the republi
can congress never faltered and after
seven months of serious work there are
written upon the statute books such
measures as will surely reinforce the
people in their faith in the grand old
party."
Prepared Platform Rejected.
After the temporary oigAiiization had
been made permanent me convention
voiced its disapproval of the platform
drafted by a commltte appointed in ad
vance, and a new committee on resolu
tions was selected.
The following were placed In nom
ination for United States senator:
Norris Brown, of Buffalo county: Ed
ward Rosewater, of Douglas: Frank M.
Currie, of Custer; Joseph H. Millard,
of Douglas; George D. Meiklejohn, of
Nance; Lorenzo Crounse, of Douglas,
and L. J. Evans, of Platte.
The result of the first ballot was:
Brown, 401; Rosewater, 273%; Currie
55; Millard, 46%; Meiklejohn, 31,
Crounse, 16; Evans, 21: Mickey, 1.
The vote for Governor Mickey was
cast by Cuming county.
A Scare for Brown Forces.
Brown gained four votes on the sec
ond ballot, but fell to 400 on the third,
and his supporters, who had counted
confidently on his nomination on the
second ballot, displayed alarm. The
fourth ballot showed a gain of five for
Brown and a greater gain for Rose
water. There was a mild attempt at
a stampede for Currie, but it failed.
Brown gained two more on the fifth.
Attention was called to the fact that
three counties were unrepresented or
not voting, but the chair, In the face
of a protest, ruled that it required 429
votes to nominate, an actual majority
of the delegates entitled to seats in the
convention.
The excitement, which had been
great, became intense with the begin
ning of the sixth ballot. There was
practically no change until Nemaha
county, which had been splitting its
vote among three or four candidates,
went solidly for Brown. Two or three
other small counties followed.
With the announcement of the tellers
that Brown had received 433 votes, four
more than enough to nominate, the
convention went wild, delegates and
spectators singing, shouting and wav
ing hats and handkerchiefs.
Mr. Brown and Mr. Rosewater wort;
called before the convention and made
addresses, which were applauded.
A motion to adjourn was promptly
voted down and candidates for gover
nor were placed in nomination. With
the selection of Norris Brown for sena
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NORRIS BROWN.
Nominated for Senator.
tor it was almost a foregone conclusion
that State Senator George L. Sheldon'
would be the choice for governor. He
was nominated on the second ballot,
and the convention took a recess until
S: 20 o'clock.
Eulogy for Roosevelt.
The convention reassembled at 9
o’clock. There was much delay in se
curing the r-'oort of the committee on
resolutions. The platform as adopted
congratulates the state and nation on
party achievements and reiterates past
declarations. It gives unstinted praise
to President Roosevelt and congress,
saying:
“We especially commend the inspir
ing character and undaunted leader
ship of Theodore Roosevelt. It is with
exceeding pride that we contemplate
the confidence reposed in him by the
people of our own country and the
admiration he commands from the
whole world. Nebraska rejoices in the
fact that the president has received
the united support of our entire dele
gation in both houses of congress for
the many beneficial measures he has
recommended in direct line of inter
est and advantage to the people which
they have assisted in framing into
wholesome laws. Among the most note
worthy are the railroad rate bill, Pan
ama canal bill, the lock level canal
system, the pure food bill, the irriga
tion bill, the employers' liability bill,
the meat inspection bill, the dena
tured alcohol bill, the Oklahoma state
hood bill, the naturalization bill.”
The Tariff and Trusts.
Planks on the tariff and trusts are
as follows:
“We declare our unalterable allegi
ance to the principle of protection in
the beneficent operation of which our
country has grown both rich and
great. ‘ While yielding nothing from our
adherence to this principle, we believe
that changes in schedules should fol
low changes in conditions. The his
tory of the republican party demon
strates that such revision can safely
be trusted only to the party which hon
estly believes in protection and earnest
ly endeavors to justly apply the prin
ciples to conditions as they exist.
“We most heartily approve the action
of our officers, both of the nation and
of the state, in their splendid effort to
insure justice for the people against
conspiring trusts and combinations
and all forms of graft, that all may
have a ‘square deal.' ”
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Declaration is made for election of
senators by direct vote and for a law
against railroad passes.
Insistence on stricter railroad regu
lation comprise the chief planks of
the platform insofar as it refers to
state issues.
The following amendment was of
fered to the platform:
“Resolved, That the republican party
in Nebraska, in state convention as
sembled, hereby records its preference
for Theodore Roosevelt as the presi
dential candidate of the republican par
ty in 190S and earnestly demands his
nomination. „
The chairman ruled It out of order.
It was said the introducer was not a
member of the convention.
The Ticket Completed.
M. R. Hopewell, of Tekamah, won
out for lieutenant governor.
Dr. H. J. Winnett, of Lincoln; Robert
Cowell, of Omaha, and J. A. Williams,
of Pierce county, were named for rail
road commissioners.
A bittei light was started on Secre
tary of State Gaiusha, candidate for
renomination, and he was defeated on
the first ballot by George C. Junkin.
L. J. Brian, of Albion, was nomi
nated for state treasurer. He was born
in Benton county, la.
E. M. Searle. jr., was renominated for
auditor.
J. L.' McBrine, of Johnson, was re
nominated for superintendent of pub
lic instruction.
W. T. Thompson, of Central City,
was named for attorney general.
H. M. Eaton, of Dodge county, was
renominated for land commissioner.
Ir was 2 o'clock before the convention
completed its work and adjourned.